The Realm Past the Horizon of Merethin is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Iris with a fair hand, and notable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, smutty television, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.818 billion Merethinians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merethin City. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Merethinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,219 trillion golden coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 209,654 golden coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and in the mighty jungle the lion once again sleeps tonight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merethin's national animal is the axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Star Sister.

Merethin is ranked 306,430^th in the world and 564^th in Starlight for Fattest Citizens, with 1.88 Obesity Rate.